Sierra FEAR 1.08	Source: Sierra

FEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest video cards run at a crawl, FEAR is definitely the new benchmark for future FPS games to follow.

Sierra FEAR 1.08 1024x768 HQ: FPS Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 266 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 290 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 256 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 294 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 247 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 259 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 243 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 158 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 257 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 150 ASUS EAH4550 512M 60 Gigabyte GV-R435OC-512I 20 Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 56 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 177 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 207 MSI RX2600XT Diamond 103 Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 188 Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 109 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 228 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 237 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 228 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 173 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 270 ASUS EN9600GT DI/512MD3/A 124 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 132 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 210 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 179 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 195 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 183 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 197 ASUS EN9400GT DI/1GLP 35 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 209 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 159 Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A 160 GeForce 8600GTS SLI 149 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 111 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 107 1600x1200 HQ: FPS Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 203 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 213 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 189 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 209 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 135 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 144 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 136 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 81 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 147 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 78 ASUS EAH4550 512M 28 Gigabyte GV-R435OC-512I 10 Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 27 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 119 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 153 MSI RX2600XT Diamond 49 Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 114 Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 59 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 124 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 134 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 126 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 171 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 164 ASUS EN9600GT DI/512MD3/A 63 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 68 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 190 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 126 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 138 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 128 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 125 ASUS EN9400GT DI/1GLP 16 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 149 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 135 Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A 138 GeForce 8600GTS SLI 97 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 56 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 54 1024x768 HQ w/Soft Shadows: FPS Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 272 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 213 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 260 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 209 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 248 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 166 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 154 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 155 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 262 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 152 ASUS EAH4550 512M 38 Gigabyte GV-R435OC-512I 20 Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 40 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 143 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 167 MSI RX2600XT Diamond 53 Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 91 Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 66 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 226 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 236 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 224 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 173 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 267 ASUS EN9600GT DI/512MD3/A 125 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 133 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 184 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 125 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 134 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 134 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 122 ASUS EN9400GT DI/1GLP 35 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 136 Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A 139 GeForce 8600GTS SLI 110 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 61 MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 23 1600x1200 HQ w/Soft Shadows: FPS Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 201 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 133 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 186 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 132 Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 135 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 85 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 78 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 80 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 149 Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 79 ASUS EAH4550 512M 18 Gigabyte GV-R435OC-512I 9 Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 18 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 75 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 104 MSI RX2600XT Diamond 18 Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 42 Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 30 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 124 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 132 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 126 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 89 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 165 ASUS EN9600GT DI/512MD3/A 63 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 66 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 109 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 58 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 61 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 57 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 56 ASUS EN9400GT DI/1GLP 16 MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC 75 Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A 76 GeForce 8600GTS SLI 51 MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 10

FEAR is old enough that the Gigabyte GV-R435OC-512I videocard really should have had at least playable scores in this test, but it doesn't. It actually manages the lowest scores ever seen in this test, no matter what settings. Even the Geforce 7600GS, a stripped-down version of a mid-range videocard from 2005, manages to outperform the Gigabyte GV-R435OC-512I. The latter, however, does not have onboard HDMI, which is the true reason anyone contimplating this videocard would buy it.